Tranky Doo - Solo Jazz in Basel

The Tranky Doo from the series Happy Jitterbugs by Natalie Papp.

The Tranky Doo is a Solo Jazz routine created by Frankie Manning. As he tells the story in his autobiography "The Ambassador of Lindy Hop", it was inspired by a dancer called Tranky Doo. She often used combination of Fall-of-the-logs.

There are a few different version of the Tranky Doo. The story says the version we do was influenced by Pepsi Bethal. It is the version from the movie Spirit Moves featuring Pepsi Bethal, Al Minns and Leon James. Make sure you check out their amazing dancing.

Dancers in this video Heiko, Larissa, Natalie, Megan

Videoproduktion by Natalie Papp with help from Pascal Eberle

Music: Full Dress Hop by Gene Krupa

Filmed in the Fasnachtsgasse, at the Neptun Brunnen in Basel.